Day 24 - Tuesday, June 24 - Bon Jour Quebec!

The rain woke us up bouncing off the roof of the Moho.  We discuss the day and decide that it would not be too pleasant to take a cruise to see the islands if it is overcast and raining.  The weather report is 80% chance of rain today and tomorrow with lightning and thunder storms.  So we decide to take a little run down to the docks to see what we can see before taking off.  

The dock at the Lea.  

It's kind of hard to see but the vegetation you see out there is actually individual islands.  These pictures were taken in between rainstorms.  No visiting the 1000 Islands for us this trip. 

So off we go down the road to find a Future Shop to see if they can tell me why my iPad is having such a hard time publishing my blog.  I find out it's just the internet signal I am getting in the places we are going, old routers and restrictions on some places, such as McDonalds.  So with that said I am happy.

We are now heading off in the direction of Montreal.  Still overcast and raining, hmmm.  

Yeah it is 3:30 and we are in Quebec!  Awesome - there is a large tourist info centre and it is the best info centre I have ever seen.  4 students sitting at computers just waiting to answer your questions.  We have maps, camping books and hospitality all in one place. 

Off we go to the Alouette Campground on the east side of Montreal via Autoroute 20 - which is the continuation of the 401.  We are going to use the bypass around Montreal.  The area around Montreal surprises us - we thought it would be industrial on the outskirts, but it is very rural.  Lots of farming, dairy cows and pigs.  Lots of pigs between eastern Ontario and Quebec, or as Dan says Pork bellies and butts!!  The bypass is a great road with a toll road as well.  We pay $6 for the Moho and Geo.  If we only had the Moho it would have been $3.  Nice highway so the price is worth it.  So far Quebec has impressed us.  New York and Vermont must be very close as there are exits for both states.  The drive is awesome and we arrive at 5:30 pm and are greeted with very personable young people once again.  The campsite is nice and right beside a RV Sales and Service lot - how convenient.  

We tried to get a shuttle into Montreal tomorrow to connect with a tour but no luck - they will only come out for 6 people.  So we are going to try to venture to the Metro parking lot and do our own tour.  We will see how that works. 

Dinner time, pasta and veggies, with a glass of red wine from BC.  Still raining!